New Spell Idea - Shield Spell

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This spell could be accessible after heal spells, as it is not an overpowered idea but for lower level bases it could be imbalanced. The idea is that the spell creates a shielding dome over the radius (a radius similar to that of a rage spell or heal spell etc). The spell's shield has a certain amount of hitpoints based on it's level, and if any troop is inside the spell, although defenses can still target the troops inside the shield, the shield will take damage rather than the troop. Anything can shoot out of the shield of course. This is tactical as this would prevent people who leave a spawnable area inside their base next to a town hall where their defenses are all focused to that one point, because it would mean by putting the shield down there, only defenses inside the shield can damage troops while the shield is still up.

So let me summarize incase that was unclear:

Shield spell is placed, creates a shielding dome over the spell's radius
The shielding dome has hitpoints
Defenses can still target troops inside the spell, but if the troops are inside the spell and the defenses are outside the spell the defenses must kill the shield first before any damage can be done to troops
Troops inside the spell can still attack things outside
Traps or defenses inside the shield will still be able to attack anything like normal, as the shield only prevents attacks coming into the shield, not the other way round.

I hope this explanation was clear enough for you readers to understand, baring in mind that i only just thought up with it and i am not great at explaining things :)
Feel free to ask questions and i will attempt to answer them
Hopefully this is added! i could see this being used cleverly in raids, but only if it were to be added :D

- Doom

EDIT: To clarify, The spell protects all troops you place.
Things such as air bombs or air seeking mines would be lured as well. As i said defenses will still lock on to troops, so if air troops trigger the traps whilst inside the shield they will just damage the shield. Clan castle troops cannot damage troops and must damage the shield aswell, however they just like your troops are able to move freely inside the shield spell. This could be optimized with some AI tweaks

Op op op op op op op op
ever heard of walls....use em they are your shield

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Originally Posted by Forrester

Op op op op op op op op
ever heard of walls....use em they are your shield

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This is for attacking, not defending.

Couple of minor tweaks to suggest:
- only defends ground troops
- prevents healers for healing ground troops in the radius
- does not block Teslas

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Originally Posted by PvtLeeOwned

Couple of minor tweaks to suggest:
- only defends ground troops
- prevents healers for healing ground troops in the radius
- does not block Teslas

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It should block anything except air traps. And I wouldnt exclude air troops tbh

Hey, how bout this:
If casted on defenses, then the defenses can only hit the dome until it breaks. Theyre inside of it. It's like that jar thing on Backyard Monsters. Sad thing here is if troops go in the shield, then they'll be vulnerable.

I like this idea btw
give it a 8/10

Thanks for such quick feedback!

To clarify, The spell protects all troops you place.
Things such as air bombs or air seeking mines would be lured as well. As i said defenses will still lock on to troops, so if air troops trigger the traps whilst inside the shield they will just damage the shield. Clan castle troops cannot damage troops and must damage the shield aswell, however they just like your troops are able to move freely inside the shield spell. This could be optimized with some AI tweaks

Thanks, keep the feedback comming!

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Originally Posted by Tirigua

Hey, how bout this:
If casted on defenses, then the defenses can only hit the dome until it breaks. Theyre inside of it. It's like that jar thing on Backyard Monsters. Sad thing here is if troops go in the shield, then they'll be vulnerable.

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Nice idea, except sadly this is too alike to the Frost Spell so i doubt supercell would use your adaptation to my idea. but thank you for your generous contribution <3

So as a spell it is usable by the attacker, therefore meaning the comment about walls is meaningless as you don't place walls when you attack. It would be an interesting addition as it would, as you stated, protect everything within it including the enemies buildings & defences from any attack your troops were making on them from outside the shield. This means that incorrectly placed the shield spell would benefit the enemy more than it benefits you.

now as a spell trap, usable as a defence, it would be interesting as whether it is classed as op or not would probably depend on when in the battle,it was triggered. Triggering it near the end when it was already going to be a close thing would suck. But.....if it was triggered by a hit from anything, including lightning bolts, then it would have a random chance of being triggered during a zap attack. Needing to be hit by the Lightning means it wouldn't trigger every time so zap attacks will still be able to get through some times but sometimes they may be fully or partially blocked for a while until the shield spell runs out of HP. This could be a compromise between those that like zapping & those that want it nerfed.

please be constructive, don't troll this guys thread just because I mentioned zapping. Better to ignore that part of my post than ruin another thread, thanks.

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Originally Posted by FairlyBad

So as a spell it is usable by the attacker, therefore meaning the comment about walls is meaningless as you don't place walls when you attack. It would be an interesting addition as it would, as you stated, protect everything within it including the enemies buildings & defences from any attack your troops were making on them from outside the shield. This means that incorrectly placed the shield spell would benefit the enemy more than it benefits you.

now as a spell trap, usable as a defence, it would be interesting as whether it is classed as op or not would probably depend on when in the battle,it was triggered. Triggering it near the end when it was already going to be a close thing would suck. But.....if it was triggered by a hit from anything, including lightning bolts, then it would have a random chance of being triggered during a zap attack. Needing to be hit by the Lightning means it wouldn't trigger every time so zap attacks will still be able to get through some times but sometimes they may be fully or partially blocked for a while until the shield spell runs out of HP. This could be a compromise between those that like zapping & those that want it nerfed.

please be constructive, don't troll this guys thread just because I mentioned zapping. Better to ignore that part of my post than ruin another thread, thanks.

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Never heard of a spell trap which could be cool, but yeah thanks for the positive feedback! :D Reviewing this thread i think it could be op with 5 shield spells, so there could be a defense like a tesla or wizard tower that does double damage to a shield spell perhaps for a balancing tweak.
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